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12-08-2020, 06:04 AM | #1 |
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Tudor Window Felts
I need to replace all of the window felts and channel felts in my 29 Tudor. Where should I buy quality pieces and where can I get some instructions and possibly pictures and details on this?
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12-08-2020, 08:00 AM | #2 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
I have the same question but slightly different. I have new felts in my Fordor but the rear windows rattle. So I either need new quality felts or find another solution.
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02-24-2021, 06:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
Is there a step by step writ-up on changing the felts and channels? I can't seem to find anything.
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02-24-2021, 07:03 PM | #4 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
DB - By "felts" I presume you mean the felt channels that the window rides up and down in. I recently replaced the felt channels in two doors in my Town Sedan. Felt channels are available from most of the usual suppliers. I got one set from Mac's, and then a second set from Snyder's. Unlike a lot of the parts, they were different but that's OK as I'm going to tear down the doors anyhow, this was a stop-gap. I found the set from Mac's to be a bit easier to work with (i.e., cut to length) but the set from Snyder's appeared to be beefier in the construction of the backbone. Pay attention to length, some vendors have different lengths for different cars, while some just have fixed length.
You have to get the glass out of the way to replace the felt channel. I'm not familiar with the doors in a Tudor, but if they're like a sedan (wood frame, steel skin) then the process is:
GeneBob did a series of how-to's on Tudor window removal, you might find them helpful. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292523 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292488 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292578 Good luck. BTW, if you're going to replace the felts, you might consider replacing the sponge rubber header that the window seals against. JayJay UPDATE: I see that GeneBob discussed the doors in this thread, so you can ignore my comments about the wooden frame door. Nicely done and illustrated, GeneBob. JJ
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02-24-2021, 08:46 PM | #5 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
I bought mine from Bert's for our 30 Tudor. Nice quality.
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02-25-2021, 05:59 AM | #6 |
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02-25-2021, 12:55 PM | #7 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
Can the question be changed to "Fordor" windows? Is there any info available for this body style?
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02-25-2021, 03:57 PM | #8 | |
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02-26-2021, 06:09 AM | #9 |
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Tudor Window Felts
How about Victorias? Does this guidance apply to them as well?
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02-26-2021, 07:54 AM | #10 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
Can you squeeze the channels a bit? I did this with my L31 Tudor when I first got it as a teenager. That work for awhile until I replaced the felt channels, in the Tudor rear windows the first one was the hardest to do, practice makes it easier!
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Just remember - Ford put them in there back in the day, so there has to be a way to get them out. I figured it out trial-and-error plus a little "stand back and look at it like an assembly line builder". Again on the sedans, the top sponge rubber can be glued in place either afterwards (between the felts), or first (before the felts, and the felts pushed up against the sponge). On the two doors I did I tried one of each to see if it made a difference. I suspect when I do this for real (when I do a full rebuild of the doors) I'll do the felts first and then have a hard alignment for the sponge. But there is logic to both ways. I suspect there was variation at the factory, too! BTW, Les Andrews discusses window removal. He only discusses removal of the top plate, which applies only to the steel doors. He doesn't discuss the wood frame doors at all. That set me back a bit initially... JayJay
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02-27-2021, 10:04 PM | #12 |
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Re: Tudor Window Felts
Though a bit off topic...replacing Tudor door window glass and felts is a walk in the park compared to doing the back windows!! I recently replaced both back side windows, the rear window and the passenger door window - did glass and tracks. Thankfully I left the passenger door window to the last. I 'invented' all sorts of new words during this project.
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